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March 15, 2016

Brazos County Walk Across Texas 2016

What Comes After 95? That’s right 96! ...What a climb! The number grows from 68 teams to 96 teams who have made their way across Texas. Visit http://walkacrosstexas.tamu.edu/tools-and-resources/view-progress/for complete list.

Rank Team Name Total Team Miles 1 Law and Order Special Fitness Unit 3950.92 2 Derelicts 3386.92 3 Aqua Strutters 3151.77 4 Witness the Fitness 3003.56 5 The Holy Walkamolies 2794.17 6 CATs 2722.14 7 Cuatro Chicos y Una Chica 2501.59 8 Dream Team 2364.00 9 8 Shades of Awesome 2299.27 10 House of Carbs 2251.37 11 Workforce Stars The Force Awalkin 2118.77 12 Walkie Talkies 2086.60 13 Thinspirational Runners 2064.99 14 Got Legs? 2043.50 15 DOR Pace Makers 1934.52 16 Qatar Land Cruisers 1884.01 17 The Grateful 8 1647.01 18 Pirates of the Angulhas 1586.37 19 Fire Walkers 1575.17 20 CupCake Mafia 1566.98 21 Hotsteppers 1538.80 22 ITSI Magnificent 8 1511.89 23 Beast of TEEX 1510.47 24 Women Warriors 1505.91 25 Too Inspired to be Tired 1503.23 26 Ton Of Fun 1502.98 27 Horsin Around 1490.73 28 SAPITO Super Active Provost IT Office 1474.58 29 DOR MadLIBS 1428.62 30 Fit Squad 1414.10 31 GOYA Now 1354.26 32 Caps Walk is On 1352.68 33 The Walking Dread 1333.91 34 Las Tortugas 1315.37 35 Dancing Thru the Miles 1309.88 36 ALL EAHRs 2016 1279.15 37 DOR Fit Fiends 1272.43 38 The Sassy Striders 1260.00 39 Shes Got Legs 1258.47 40 Stampedin Nerd Herd 1257.85 41 VMTH Tortoise 1231.74 42 Earth Wind and Water 1207.50 43 The Darth SFAIDers 1193.15 44 Globe Trotters 1188.73 45 Brazos County Walking Warriors 1174.42 46 DOR Holey Walkamolies 1163.34 47 The Maybes 1153.24 48 Running Samples 1 150.89

49 Be Audit You Can Be 1145.48 50 Whatawalkers 1140.04 51 Faith Movers 1113.33 52 Slim Gems 1112.34 53 Texas Two Steppers 1089.52 54 PRECINCT 3 FAT LOSERS 1079.00 55 Team Cirque de Sore Legs 1057.72 56 DOR - We thought they said RUM! 1050.43 57 dYNACISERS 2016 1049.86 58 Walk It Out 1041.00 59 Making Strides 1039.99 60 The Pacemakers 1025.50 61 Nevilles Longbottoms 1004.96 62 Cyberfitbits 1001.44 63 DOR Dumbledore�s Army 996.39 64 ODSL Ducks Fly 995.57 65 PRECINCT 3 STREET WALKERS 993.18 66 Catch Us If You Can 984.36 67 EIS2 974.40 68 Brazos Striders 964.33 69 Walking Babes 952.77 70 ODSL Ducks Together 951.16 71 Sapatos 947.01 72 Data Divas 941.19 73 Team SFAID 939.46 74 Weight Watchers Walkers 931.91 75 The Walking Tread 931.74 76 Pace Setters 927.68 77 Wild Walton Walkers 912.50 78 ResLifers 911.67 79 The Happy Voyagers 907.88 80 The SWABs She Walks A Bunch 888.34 81 Rowdy Runners 880.28 82 ERROR 404 Name Not Found 880.26 83 Helios Hikers 876.81 84 Kickin Asphalt 872.48 85 The Constructive Soles 871.70 86 camino reales II 867.60 87 TEEX Safety Troopers 863.76 88 Walker Texas Rangers 859.02 89 BC Expo 853.58 90 ARCH Marchers 852.61 91 Red Hot Techie Peppers 848.18 92 UCENs Flab U Less 8 847.41 93 BCHD Team 1 845.00 94 SWAT 837.64 95 DARS 837.15 96 Losing It 833.92

Let’s hear it for the solo walkers!

Rank Name Walker Miles

1 Henry 508.10 2 Gustavo 266.49

3 Zackary 242.00

4 Johanna 196.00

5 Dianna 193.98

6 Alexandra 189.71

7 Fabiola 173.82 8 Amber 170.20

9 Lynn 166.30

10 Quentin 159.39

11 gaby 141.00

12 Jack 130.00 13 Gustavo Sr. 123.65

14 James 108.60

15 Ludim 96.62

16 Angie 86.53

17 Dana 86.00

18 Julie 85.00 19 Maria 81.70

20 Cynthia 76.28

21 Gabriela 74.75

22 Catherine 68.80

23 David 68.30 24 Pat 51.00

25 stephanie 47.29

26 Sarah 46.10

27 Adam 44.00

28 Walter 42.37

29 Bailey 36.00 30 Julie 35.00

31 Alyssa 30.00

32 Lisa 23.00

33 Krista 21.52

34 Jessica 20.13

35 Roberta 9.00 36 Sharon 3.25

37 ASHLYEE 2.63

38 Dawn 0.56

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REMINDERS

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Aim to have miles no later than

Tuesday of each week for

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Hang in there!

Inspiration submitted by LeeAnn Eoff

from the Whatawalkers team.

Brazos County Employees

1 Hotsteppers (8 walkers) 1571.80

2 CupCake Mafia (8 walkers) 1566.98

3 Brazos County Walking Warriors (8 walkers)

1174.42

4 PRECINCT 3 FAT LOSERS (5 walkers) 1079.00

5 PRECINCT 3 STREET WALKERS (6 walkers) 993.18

6 BCHD Team 1 (8 walkers) 845.00

7 Tejas Steppers (8 walkers) 811.00

8 BCHD Team 2 (8 walkers) 791.61

9 Take it Personnelly (8 walkers) 783.03

10 COMPELLING MOTION (7 walkers) 467.11

11 BCHD Team 3 (6 walkers) 428.00

12 Floor Walkers (7 walkers) 0.00

Total Miles: 10511.13

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AMCHS-CSISD

1 Slim Gems (8 walkers)

1112.34

2 camino reales II (8 walkers)

867.60

3 Tiger Trekers (8 walkers)

795.48

4 A Trophy and seven girls (8

walkers) 740.28

Total Miles: 3515.70

Bryan ISD Instructional Support

1 Golden Girl Sprinters (8

walkers) 627.99

2 Triple Diamond Runners (8

walkers) 562.09

Total Miles: 1190.08

Centers for Regional Services

1 Derelicts (8 walkers)

3386.92

2 CATs (8 walkers) 2722.14

3 Got Legs? (8 walkers)

2169.50

4 Ton Of Fun (8 walkers)

1897.08

5 Women Warriors (8 walkers)

1505.91

6 Las Tortugas (8 walkers)

1315.37

Total Miles: 12996.92

City of Bryan

1 Bryan Water and Code (8

walkers) 499.23

Total Miles: 499.23

Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service

1 Catch Us If You Can (8 walkers)

1034.86

Total Miles: 1034.86

City of College Station

1 CS Squares (8 walkers) 760.99

Total Miles: 760.99

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College Station Middle School

1 CSMS Fit Wits (8 walkers)

676.47

Total Miles: 676.47

St. Joseph Healthy Communities

1 Raising a little health (8

walkers) 418.12

Total Miles: 418.12

TAMU Libraries

1 Walkers Talkers (8 walkers)

762.10

2 Book Brawlerz (8 walkers)

607.69

3 Happy Voyagers (8 walkers)

0.00

Total Miles: 1369.79

Offices of the Dean Student Life

1 ODSL Ducks Fly (8 walkers)

995.57

2 ODSL Ducks Together (8

walkers) 951.16

Total Miles: 1946.73

Department of Residence Life

1 ResLifers II (8 walkers)

821.47

2 ResLifers III (3 walkers)

360.86

Total Miles: 1182.33 Hilton College Station

1 The A Team (8 walkers)

179.61

Total Miles: 179.61

TAMU College Station

1 SAPITO Super Active Provost

IT Office (8 walkers) 1474.58

2 This Group is Made for Walk-

ing (6 walkers) 573.13

3 College of Architecture Walk-

er Rangers (8 walkers) 476.00

4 Lets Give em Something to

Walk About (7 walkers) 421.44

Total Miles: 2945.15

Texas A&M University System

1 Be Audit You Can Be (8

walkers) 1173.98

Total Miles: 1173.98

Texas A&M System- Project Helios

1 Too Inspired to be Tired (8 walkers) 1503.23

2 Globe Trotters (8 walkers) 1403.44

3 The Walking Tread (8 walkers) 931.74

4 Helios Hikers (8 walkers) 876.81

5 Red Hot Techie Peppers (8 walkers) 848.18

6 Geography Walks (4 walkers) 0.00

Total Miles: 5563.40

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Texas A&M University

1 Cuatro Chicos y Una Chica (5 walk-

ers) 2501.59

2 House of Carbs (8 walkers)

2251.37

3 Walkie Talkies (8 walkers)

2086.60

4 DOR Pace Makers (8 walkers)

1934.52

5 Pirates of the Angulhas (8 walkers)

1586.37

6 ALL EAHRs 2016 (8 walkers)

1279.15

7 DOR Fit Fiends (8 walkers)

1272.43

8 Shes Got Legs (8 walkers)

1258.47

9 DOR Holey Walkamolies (8 walkers)

1163.34

10 Making Strides (8 walkers)

1039.99

11 The Pacemakers (8 walkers)

1025.50

12 EIS2 (8 walkers) 974.40

13 Sapatos (8 walkers) 947.01

14 Data Divas (8 walkers) 941.19

15 Pace Setters (8 walkers)

927.68

16 EF5 (8 walkers) 912.68

17 Wild Walton Walkers (8 walkers)

912.50

18 The SWABs She Walks A Bunch (8

walkers) 888.34

19 ERROR 404 Name Not Found (8

walkers) 880.26

20 UCENs Flab U Less 8 (8 walkers)

847.41

21 DARS (8 walkers) 837.15

22 Right TAP Shoe (8 walkers)

825.67

23 Sole Sisters (8 walkers)

825.52

24 Infinite Team Safety Idols (8 walk-

ers) 821.80

25 Between a Walk and a Hard Place (8

walkers) 811.85

26 Walkamoley (8 walkers)

782.20

27 We Might Be Crazy (7 walkers)

740.74

28 S0LE SURVIV0RS (8 walkers)

643.99

29 DOR - Super Awesome (6 walkers)

519.87

30 L0ST IN PACE (8 walkers)

512.95

31 Danger Seventy Niners (8 walkers)

510.62

32 TAMU Career Center (6 walkers)

402.48

33 The IT Team (8 walkers)

364.21

34 TAMU Career Center2 (5 walkers)

286.50

35 DOR SWAT SRS Walks Across Tex-

as (8 walkers) 259.22

36 The VMTH Hares (8 walkers)

157.00

37 Moving Forward for You (8 walkers)

0.00

38 Book Brawlers (2 walkers) 0.00

Total Miles: 34932.57

WEIGHT TO GO TEAMS!

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Rank Team Name Total Team Pounds Lost

1 TEEX Safety Troopers 60.00

2 UCENs Flab U Less 8 41.30

3 8 Shades of Awesome 37.10

4 Beast of TEEX 36.50

5 GOYA Now 36.50

6 Caps Walk is On 33.80

7 ITSI Magnificent 8 32.00

8 DOR Fit Fiends 32.00

9 Qatar Land Cruisers 30.35

10 Infinite Team Safety Idols 30.00

11 SWAT 28.00

12 Cyberfitbits 27.00

13 Earth Wind and Water 24.50

14 EBC@KVS 19.00

15 SmartFit Walkers 2016 17.80

16 PRECINCT 3 FAT LOSERS 17.00

17 The Constructive Soles 16.40

18 The Darth SFAIDers 16.00

19 Right TAP Shoe 14.00

20 DOR Holey Walkamolies 14.00

21 PRECINCT 3 STREET WALKERS

13.00

22 We Might Be Crazy 11.90

23 Witness the Fitness 11.28

24 Catch Us If You Can 10.00

25 Law and Order Special Fitness Unit

9.00

26 DOR SWAT SRS Walks Across Texas

8.00

27 The Young and the Rest of Us 8.00

28 WWW 7.40

29 Too Inspired to be Tired 7.00

30 The A Team 5.80

31 Brazos County Walking Warriors

4.60

32 DOR Running With The Pack 4.50

33 Pace Setters 4.20

34 Ton Of Fun 3.00

35 Wild Walton Walkers 3.00

36 HQ Hikers 2.50

37 Running Samples 2.50

38 Brazos Bottom Dynasty 2.00

39 CupCake Mafia 2.00

40 Lets Give em Something to Walk

About 2.00

41 Keep on Truckin 1.00

Total Pounds Lost: 685.93

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Most Valuable Player Award Reminder Don’t let the most valuable member of your team

go unrecognized! Email nominations can be sent with an explana-

tion of how and why this team member has been an inspiration to you and is the MVP of your team.

Send to fewilliams@ag.tamu.edu by March 27th. It has been said that a picture is worth 1,000

words. So snap a picture or pictures of them in action.

Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.

Co-Chairs:

Lesley Ward– City of Bryan & Sara Mendez- Brazos County Health Department Treasurer:

Howard Hart-City of Bryan FCS County Extension Agent:

Flora Williams-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension BLT Nutrition Education Extension Assistant

Priscilla Hammond-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Members:

Sheri Meyer-TAMU System Sarah Tobola-TAMU

Alice Kirk-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (WAT Program Director) Michael Lopez-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

JJ Macias-TAMU Pat Pierson—Texas A&M AgriLife Master Wellness Volunteer

Kelley Melcher—Blue Cross Blue Shield Nicole Vargas-Brazos County Health Department

Pam Edgerly-Brazos Valley Council of Government

Happy Trails!

Benefits of Regular Physical Activity

Word Scramble

Unscramble each of the clue words.

Take the letters that appear in boxes and unscramble

them for the final message. See answers below

Answers

controls weight, combats health conditions, improves mood, boosts energy

promotes better sleep, can be fun

Final message: move